Margaret Truman (1924–2008)
Author of Harry S. Truman
About the Author
Mary Margaret Truman, daughter of President Harry S. Truman, was born on February 17, 1924 in Independence, Missouri. She graduated from George Washington University in 1946. She was also known as Margaret Truman or Margaret Daniel. She was an American singer who later became the successful author show more of a series of murder mysteries and a number of works on U.S. First Ladies and First Families, including a biography of her father, President Harry S. Truman. The only child of Harry Truman and First Lady Bess Truman; she was called "Margaret" for most of her life. Truman made her concert debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1947 and her first television appearance on Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town. She substituted for Edward R. Murrow on Person to Person, and later had her own radio shows (Weekday in the 1950s and Authors in the News in the 1960s). She was active with organizations such as the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation and the Truman Centennial Committee. She published her first book, Souvenir: Margaret Truman's Own Story in 1956. She also wrote a series of mysteries set at historic locations in Washington, D. C. She died on January 29, 2008 following a brief illness. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Margaret Truman
Where the Buck Stops: The Personal and Private Writings of Harry S. Truman (1709) — Editor — 278 copies
The President's House: A First Daughter Shares the History and Secrets of the World's Most Famous Home (2003) 207 copies
Margaret Truman Three Complete Mysteries: Murder at the National Cathedral / Murder at the Kennedy Center / Murder in… (1994) 50 copies
Capital Crimes: Murder in the Supreme Court / Murder in the CIA / Murder in the House (2005) 16 copies
Margaret Truman Thrillers: Murder in the Supreme Court, Murder on Embassy Row, Murder at the FBI (Capital Crimes) (2018) 2 copies
MURDER IN THE WHITE HOUSE-MURDER AT THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL-ON THE POTOMAC-AT THE PENTAGON-AT THE KENNEDY CENTER-MURDER… (1995) 1 copy
Heart of War 1 copy
Murder Outside the Beltway 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Truman Daniel, Mary Margaret
- Other names
- Truman, Margaret
Daniel, Margaret - Birthdate
- 1924-02-17
- Date of death
- 2008-01-29
- Burial location
- Truman Library and Museum, Independence, MO, USA
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Independence, Missouri, USA
- Place of death
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
Washington, D.C., USA - Education
- George Washington University
- Occupations
- singer
actor
radio host
pianist
mystery writer - Relationships
- Daniel, Clifton (husband)
Daniel, Clifton Truman (son)
Truman, Harry S. (father) - Organizations
- Pi Beta Phi
- Short biography
- Margaret Truman was the daughter of President Harry S Truman and his wife Bess Truman. She graduated from George Washington University with a B.A. in history. She took vocal lessons and performed as a singer on stage, radio, and television until the mid-1950s. In 1956, she married Clifton Daniel, a reporter and then editor of The New York Times, with whom she had four sons. She wrote a number of works on U.S. First Ladies and First Families, including a biography of her father (1973). Later she was the author of a successful series of murder mysteries published from 1980 to 2011.
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Murder on Capitol Hill (Capital Crimes Book 2) by Margaret Truman
I have read a few other of Margaret Truman's mysteries but this second entry in the series had somehow escaped me until now. Well done and now I can cross Washington D.C. off my Read-the-USA mystery challenge :)
When the Secretary of State is murdered in the West Wing of the White House, the President appoints Ron Fairbanks, special counsel to the president, to investigate. This was an interesting mystery, full of the political intrigue of Washington, DC. The book was published in 1980, and there were times that something did strike me as a bit dated, but the story itself holds up. Ron is an interesting main protagonist and Truman has real experience with the ins and outs of the Washington political scene (at least during the time when she wrote the book). It looks like the next book in the series has a different main investigator so I am interested to see if there is any link in the series beyond Washington politics.… (more)
I'm not a mystery fan,and this book didn't change that. My bookclub recently read about the author's father, so I thought I would try one of this series.I'm familiar with DC, so the setting worked for me.
Your basic Truman plot line, but old characters making reappearance's. The story lags to start, but picks up by the middle. However, the ending is't worthy of her talent.
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Statistics
- Works
- 44
- Also by
- 10
- Members
- 11,281
- Popularity
- #2,085
- Rating
- 3.4
- Reviews
- 150
- ISBNs
- 438
- Languages
- 10
- Favorited
- 8
- Touchstones
- 131
